At this the commander went off with the attendants and fetched them ??but without using violence, for fear that the people would pelt them with stones.

And the Lord said to Paul in a vision by night, "Have no fear, speak on and never stop,

once it was hoisted aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and in fear of being stranded on the Syrtis they lowered the sail and lay to.

saying, 'Have no fear, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And God has granted you the lives of all your fellow-voyagers.'